I've been a locksmith for 40 years, and I've walked into more break-ins than I can count. Here's the truth the alarm companies won't tell you: almost every one of those houses could have stopped it for the price of a pizza. A burglar is in and out in under 10 minutes, and he picks the easiest house on the street. In this video I walk you through the 10 fixes I'd make to my own home first, the cheap, unglamorous ones I've actually watched stop break-ins, not the expensive gadgets they sell you on TV. From the $1 screw that stops a front-door kick-in to the back door, the windows, the garage, and the yard sign that sends 60% of burglars to the neighbor's house instead. Do three or four of these this weekend and you stop being the easy house on the block.
I've been a locksmith for 40 years, and I've walked into more break-ins than I can count. Here's the truth the alarm companies won't tell you: almost every one of those houses could have stopped it for the price of a pizza. A burglar is in and out in under 10 minutes, and he picks the easiest house on the street. In this video I walk you through the 10 fixes I'd make to my own home first, the cheap, unglamorous ones I've actually watched stop break-ins, not the expensive gadgets they sell you on TV. From the $1 screw that stops a front-door kick-in to the back door, the windows, the garage, and the yard sign that sends 60% of burglars to the neighbor's house instead. Do three or four of these this weekend and you stop being the easy house on the block.
Also, detectors for smoke and carbon monoxide reduce risk of death from these non burglar killers.